Connecting with a networked community of practice associated
with the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning
and the University Vocational Awards Council
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UALL Work & Learning Network
Middlesex University Work and Learning Research Centre (CERS)
Colloquium
Equality Diversity and Inclusion:
championing work and learning that empowers and sustains change
Agenda
Subject to change
10:00 - 10:05 Arrivals and Welcome
10:05 - 10:20 Introduction to Colloquium (Paula Nottingham)
10:20 - 11:00 Keynote Address and Q&A: Jenny Rodriguez, University of Manchester and Carol Costley, Middlesex University, ‘Social justice, intersectionality and power relationships in work situations’ TBC
11:00 - 11:05 – Break
11:05 - 11:15 Anastasia Christou ‘Affordances of 'unhoming pedagogies'’, Middlesex University (4 minutes + Q&A)
11:15 - 11:25 Glenis Wade ‘Focus on the Poetry: Exploring BAME learner engagement with new work based learning reading’, QA Ltd (4 minutes + Q&A)
11:25 - 11:35 Mary Makinde and Claire Thurgate ‘Closing Our Gap: How a School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work is Improving the Experience of BAME students’, Canterbury Christ Church University (4 minutes + Q&A)
11:35 - 11:45 Iro Konstantinou and Elizabeth Miller. ‘Understanding the experience of mature students completing a degree apprenticeship’, Pearson College London (4 minutes + Q&A)
11:45 - 11:50 – Break
11:50 – 12:00 Margaret Linehan ‘Let's Talk Menopause’ and ‘Creating an Age Friendly University’, Munster Technological University (4 minutes + Q&A)
12:00 - 12:10 Marty Wright (and Raymond Johnston) ‘Equality, Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of everything we do’, Glasgow Caledonian University (4 minutes + Q&A)
12:10 - 12:25 Colloquium Reflection (PN and Speakers)
12:25 -12:30 Closing Address
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For information and to send your extended abstracts and case studies - contact: Paula Nottingham p.nottingham@mdx.ac.uk
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